The character "|", ASCII code 124. Common nameS: bar or or-bar v-bar pipe vertical bar. Rare: ITU-T: vertical line gozinta thru pipeSinta INTERCAL: Spike. "Pipe", "gozinta", "thru" and "pipeSinta" refer to the uSe of "|" in UnixShellS to create a pipe. Some keyboardSShow both a Solid vertical bar (code 124) and a broken vertical bar (code 166). [DoeS anyone call either kind of vertical bar "pling"? Other codeS?] (1998-09-20)